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TIL of the hidden and heavely armed bunker system in the Swiss mountains, big enough for their whole population, anti aircraft missiles and jets. Even turning their highways into runways in a matter of hours.

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R54x7 TIL that in the 1830s, ketchup was sold as medicine, claiming to cure ailments like indigestion and diarrhea. It was Dr. John Cook Bennett who added tomatoes to ketchup, previously a fish-based sauce, and promoted its medicinal properties.
XLkj TIL that Paris Hilton was robbed for millions in jewels by a bunch of teenagers. She had left her mansion unlocked with no one home. She didn’t notice the robbery for weeks.
rREM TIL that in Cali, Columbia, when a woman is going to have sex with her husband for the first time, her mother must be present to witness the act.
8eXkK TIL that Tex-Mex has surpassed Italian as the most popular food genre in the United States
R76Dj TIL that headers of every .exe in the world starts with letters M and Z, which are the initials of Mark Zbikowski who was hired by Steve Balmer in 1981 to work on MSDOS